quinnat salmon

[ kwin-at ]

noun

1. chinook salmon.

quinnat salmon

/ ˈkwɪnæt /

noun

1. another name for Chinook salmon

Word History and Origins

Origin of quinnat salmon¹

1820–30; quinnat < Lower Chinook i-kwanat

Word History and Origins

Origin of quinnat salmon¹

C19: from Salish t'kwinnat

Example Sentences

The quinnat-salmon has been thus transferred from California to Australia.

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The great majority of the quinnat salmon and nearly all blue-back salmon enter the rivers in the spring.

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The quinnat salmon, from its great size and abundance, is more valuable than all other fishes on our Pacific coast together.

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It should be placed on a stream where the quinnat salmon actually come to spawn.

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It has been questioned whether the present hatchery on the Clackamas River actually receives the quinnat salmon in any numbers.

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